DISTRIBUTED BY VERITAS Veritas makes every effort to ensure the provision of reliable information, but cannot take legal responsibility for information supplied . Rhodesia Government Notice 47 of 1977 [as amended at 1st May 2010] 1. [ACT 36/1976 National Registration Regulations, 1977 IT is hereby notified that the Minister of Internal Affairs has, in terms of section 12 of the National Registration Act, 1976, made the following regulations:– Title 1. These regulations may be cited as the National Registration Regulations, 1977. Interpretation of terms 2. In these regulations– "applicant" means an applicant for registration; "citizen" means a citizen of Rhodesia; "customs officer" means a person who is an officer as defined in section 2 of the Customs and Excise Act [Chapter 177]; "form" means the appropriate form set out in the First Schedule; "immigration officer" means a person who is an immigration officer as defined in section 2 of the Immigration Act [Chapter 27]; "indigenous African" means an African who is descended, through the male line, from a member of one of the tribes ordinarily resident in Rhodesia and who was– (a) born in Rhodesia; or (b) born outside Rhodesia, his father being at the time of birth domiciled in Rhodesia; “ non-indigenous African" means an African who is not an indigenous African and who(a) was born in Rhodesia; or (b) is a citizen of Rhodesia. Prescribed age 3. The age prescribed for the purposes of paragraph (b) of the definition of "resident" in section 2 of the Act shall be sixteen years. 1 This document reflects the regulations as amended at 1st May 2010. None of the amendments has updated the regulations to refer to the revised version of the principal Act (1996) or to change references to “Rhodesia” to “Zimbabwe”, etc. The principal Act is now cited as the National Registration Act [Chapter 10:17]. Veritas.